"Angiostrongylus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of parasitic nematodes of the superfamily METASTRONGYLOIDEA. Two species, ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS and A. vasorum, infest the lungs of rats and dogs, respectively. A. cantonensis is transmissible to man where it causes frequently fatal infection of the central nervous system.
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D000801
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angiostrongylus" by people in Profiles.
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Sears WJ, Qvarnstrom Y, Dahlstrom E, Snook K, Kaluna L, Bal? V, Feckova B, ?lapeta J, Modry D, Jarvi S, Nutman TB. AcanR3990 qPCR: A Novel, Highly Sensitive, Bioinformatically-Informed Assay to Detect Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 10 05; 73(7):e1594-e1600.